Spectral Hand

[Imper1um]

In the Spectral Hand Description, it says it creates a Hand, however, it has a few things missing. One, namely, is speed. Does it travel maximum range in one round?

[Zerberus]

You're right, there is no speed mentioned.
I would say it hovers near you until you cast the spell it is meant to deliver, then it automatically travels to the target and tries to hit it.
So the speed would be the range, I guess.

[RiTz21]

One interpretation suggested by a friend:

A wizard that already has his Spectral Hand could make a move action, then use a standard action to cast a touch spell, and then use the hand within the same round to deliver that touch spell. The Spectral Hand can move within its range as a "no action", hence it does not have a move speed. It moves much faster than that...

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[Nullpunkt]

PRD wrote:

A ghostly hand shaped from your life force materializes and moves as you desire

I'd say "as you desire" implies exactly what the others have said, the speed is only limited by the spell's range and delivering the touch is no action for the caster.

[digitalpacman]

It can move the full distance is one turn. Magical flight. Think if it had flight perfect, which is generally 60 ft. It could double move for 120 ft which is almost the max range of the spell when you get it. If you had to rule a flight speed, I'd say 60 ft perfect. But I rule that it moves the max distance in one turn.

[Undrew]

If the hand makes an attack that's the casters attack action correct?

[Undrew]

But the hands MOVEMENT is not the casters movement that's how I read it.The hands movement attack and return move constitute the casters attack action the caster could NOT reload that same round.

[avr]

If you cast shocking grasp (1 standard action) while you have spectral hand active then you can take the free touch attack that the spell allows using spectral hand without using another action. You still have your move and swift actions, the spectral hand doesn't use those. If you missed you'd still be holding the charge and could attack again as a standard action next round.

If you instead cast chill touch you could keep attacking using spectral hand, 1 standard action each time, until one spell or the other ran out. If the spectral hand ran out first you could attack in melee using chill touch.

Is that what you're asking Undrew?